CPRS Job Listing

The City of Richmond is Digging Deep for Excellence!  We invite qualified individuals to apply for Parks & Landscaping Superintendent.  This position with our Public Works Department plans, organizes, coordinates, administers, and directs the work of the Parks and Landscaping Division. Develops and directs the implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and work standards for the division. Formulates policy, develops goals and objectives, supervises staff, administers the division budget, and directs day-to-day activities.  The Parks and Landscaping Superintendent serves as the District Administrator for two special assessment districts in the City and supports various advisory bodies within the City.

Required Education and Experience

Associate’s degree with major coursework in park management and maintenance natural resource planning, horticulture, landscape architecture, parks administration or closely related field.  Sixty (60) hours of City approved training in Human Resources principles and practices may be substituted for the required education.  This training must be completed within one year of appointment in order to successfully complete probation.  Five (5) to seven (7) years of leadership, organization, and parks and landscaping experience which includes program development, planning, administration and fiscal responsibilities, of which three (3) years were at the supervisory level.

Any equivalent combination of training, education, and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities

Required Licenses or Certifications

Possession of a Pest Control Qualified Applicator Certificate issued by the State of California 

Possession of a valid California driver’s license and satisfactory driving record is an ongoing requirement

Certification as an arborist from the International Society of Arborists and/or licensure as a Landscape Architect in the State of California are highly desirable.

To Apply: Interested individuals must apply online by fully completing the City of Richmond Employment Application, including answers to supplemental questions, by 11:59 p.m. PST on the final filing date. Incomplete applications or those lacking in sufficiently detailed information will be rejected. Resumes or prior applications will not be accepted in lieu of a thoroughly completed application. All communication regarding this recruitment will be via email. Each applicant must apply with a monitored email address.

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